All Bottled Up: The Buzz On Byob

Rique's suave

March 01, 2007|By ALLISON M. KNAB, METROMIX SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR.

The spot: Tucked around the corner from Uptown's Vietnamese restaurants is a brightly colored Mexican restaurant waiting for you and your bottle. Try the cheap lunches or a Saturday dinner that focuses on a specific Mexican region, or just go straight for the satisfying Sunday brunches, where pico de gallo, avocados, eggs and chorizo come together in delightful ways. Try the chicken fajita breakfast burrito ($8.95) or huevos al patron ($9.95), which include chicharrones (also known as pork rinds). Vegetarians can order huevos motulenos ($8.95) without the traditional ham for a tasty Yucatan dish of tostada, sunny-side-up eggs, black beans, green peas and salsa.

The drink: How better to wash down a spicy breakfast than with a bloody mary? Rique's offers tomato juice ($2.15) and will mix the cocktail for you. Liquor store pickings are slim around here, but there's no need to get fancy when tomato juice is involved. Swing 'round to Foremost Liquors (1040 W. Argyle St.) for a bottle of Svedka ($10.99).